The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

What a peculiar genius was A. A. Milne, and
what a delightful literary confection are his tales of
Winnie-the-Pooh, very sweetly told a very long time ago to Pooh
himself under the vigilant attention of Christopher Robin.

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In retelling these tales, the Disney animation house
inevitably, yes, Disneyfied Milne’s creations, as it did
everything it touched, from the dwarfs in Snow White to
the satyr in Hercules.

Yet Pooh and friends, though visually cutened from Ernest H.
Shepard’s classic illustrations, somehow emerge from the
Disneyfication process more unmistakably themselves than any
other literary characters in any other Disney cartoon, while
Milne’s distinctive voice retains its quality in with a clarity
and integrity exceeding that of any other author Disney adapted,
from Collodi (Pinocchio) to Barrie (Peter Pan) to
Hugo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame). (The only other author
to get anything like similar treatment was Lewis Carroll in
Alice in Wonderland.)

The result, though not perfect, is among the most charming and
delightful films for even the youngest viewers. Actually an
anthology of three featurettes based on Milne’s writings, The
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh includes the well-known
tales of the Honey Tree and the Blustery Day, among others. The
voice work is spot-on, from Sterling Holloway’s warm, fuzzy
cadences as Pooh and John Fiedler’s timorous little tones as
Piglet to the rich narration of Sebastian Cabot (Bagheera in
The Jungle Book). A timeless family classic.